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Research Article
Vol. 9, Issue 1
Marriage Denial: A Phenomenological Study of Dual Stigmatization and Resistance among People Living with HIV under Bauchi State’s Mandatory Premarital Testing Regime
Marriage constitutes a fundamental social institution in Northern Nigeria, yet People Living with HIV (PLHIV) face systematic exclusion from it due to the implementation of mandatory premarital HIV testing laws. Anchored on Goffman’s stigma theory and Farmer’s concept of structural violence, this phenomenological study explored the lived experience...